Ministerial Council over the years

Ministerial Council, Naples, 2012

ESA concluded its Council meeting at ministerial level in Naples, Italy. Ministers from ESA’s 20 Member States and Canada allocated €10 billion for ESA’s space activities and programmes for the years to come. Full story

Ministerial Council, The Hague, 2008

The Ministers in charge of space activities in the ESA's 18 Member States and Canada met at the two-day Council meeting in The Hague, agreeing to undertake new initiatives in several fields and endorsing the next phases of a set of ongoing programmes. Full story

Ministerial Council, Berlin, 2005

At the Ministerial Council in Berlin in 2005, from left to right: Hans de Groene, Chair Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Karlheinz Kreuzberg and European Commissioner Günter Verheugen.

Ministerial Council, Paris, 2003

At the Ministerial Council in Paris in 2003, from left to right: Jean-Jacques Dordain, then Director of Launchers, ESA Director General Antonio Rodotà and Chair of Council at Ministerial Level Edelgard Bulmahn.